Shipping



G. A. GBMUNDEN xv A. RVGRTNER.

SHIPPING APPLIANGE.

(No Model.)

10,380,199.. y r Panamanian 27, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. GEMNDEN AND ALBERT E. GRTNER, OE SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

SHIPPlNG APPLlAliIcE.Av

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,199, dated March 27, I 888.

Application filed June 1, 1887. Serial No. 240,007. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom; tm/ay concern:

' Be it known that we, GEORGE A. GEMN- DEN and ALBERT F. GRTNER, both of Savannah,'in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shipping'Appliances, of which the following is aspeciflcation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of our invention is to provide a device adapted to receive and hold a check or other article on which shipping notes or memoranda maybe written or printed, `t-he said receptacle being adapted to be let or embedded in a barrel, box, or other packing-vessel, and securely fastened thereto.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of a receptacle and the cap used-to close thesame, the cap being detached.' Fig. 2 is a top view of the receptacle. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are modited constructions, hereinafter explained.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the respective figures.

Referring to Fig. l, A is a thimble, screwthreaded on its outersurfacaand having a slot, a, cut in its top, similar to that in the head of an ordinary screw. The hollow space or pocket B is enlarged near the top of the thimbleA,the enlargement having an annular groove, b, at its base and tapering inward. C is a hollow cap adapted to flt into the enlarged space at the top of the thimble. By striking the top of the cap C a light blow the base will spread andiill up the annular groove b, thus holding the cap securely in place and closingthepocket B.

Referring to Fig. 3, the thiInble is made in two parts. The part D,containing the pocket or recess B, is beveled at its upper end, and the other part, A, which is screw-threaded on D and to hold it securely in place,at`the same its outer edge, is adapted to it over the party time forming the annular groove b yfor the reception of the cap C, as before'stated;

Fig. 4 shows a receptacle to be Vused with packages which will not ad mit of theboringof v a deep hole in them. This receptacle is adapted to receive a iat check, and provided with a protecting hoodor cap, E, to prevent the mutilation of the check when the cap C is driven into position. i

Fig.5,shows an oblong rectangular receptacle, one end being broken away.

This recepta` Vcle maybe cast in one piece, or its sides may be or memoranda placed in the pocket `B,'the.

pocket being closed by means of the cap C, will be safely transmitted with the package.

Having described our invention,we claim- The herein described shipping appliance,

consisting of a thimble, A. adapted to be let or embedded in av barrel` box, or other packing-vessel and secured thereto, and having a pocket, B, and groove b, combined with a cap, C, adapted to be driven and spread into the groove, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

GEORGE A. GIIMUNDEN. [Ls] ALBERT F..GARTNFIR. [Ls] Witnesses:

F. B. MARSHALL, I. B. FERNANDEZ. 

